The Village Square: February 15, 2016

I hope your weekend was as good as mine: two days of awesome gaming at Orccon 2016 in Los Angeles, followed by a wonderful Valentine’s Day with my wife. I wish all my weekends were filled with games and fine dining.

New AgricolaMayfair Games is releasing three new versions of Agricola: the base game for 1-4 players, a Family edition, and a 5-6 player expansion. The base game is due May 20th and the other versions will follow later this year.

Stronger HoldStronghold Games and eggertspiele will co-publish future eggertspiele tiles in English for the North American market. The companies have worked together previously on games such as Porta Nigra, Time ‘N’ Space, and Milestones.

To Boldly GoNext up in Fireside Games’ popular Castle Panic series: Star Trek, out this May.

Ravensburger GrowingThe puzzle and board-game company Ravensburger announced that it had grown its North American business by nearly 20 percent.

My Chemical GamingFormer My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way live-streamed himself playing games with his friends to raise money for cancer research. As of this posting, they had played Candyland, Magic: The Gathering, Cash N Guns, Ticket To Ride, and Dungeons and Dragons and had raised over $30,000.